Annual Lecture 2008: "Culture and Society in Post-Communist Russia"

Dr Genieva is Director-General of the Russian State Library for Foreign Literature and a major player on the Russian socio-cultural scene.  She was appointed to her current position following the collapse of the Soviet Union after a distinguished career as a literature specialist at the Library. She has,  for example, written extensively on writers such as Thackeray, Dickens and Waugh.  Her appointment as Director-General of the Library catapulted her to the heart of Russian cultural life, and she has remained an important and outspoken figure over the subsequent years. 

The lecture was held at Pushkin House, London, on 23 October 2008.  See below for a report of the lecture.